A Design of Topological Predicates for Complex Crisp and Fuzzy Regions
For a long time topological predicates between spatial objects have been a main area of research on spatiald ata...
A Semantic Approach to XML-based Data Integration
The paper describes a prototype tool, named DIXSE, which supports the integration of XML Document Type Definitions (DTDs) into...
A Rule-Based Conversion of a DTD to a Conceptual Schema
XML is a common standard for semi-structured and structured data representation and exchange over the Web. This paper describes...
Semantic Data Modeling Using XML Schemas
Most research on XML has so far largely neglected the data modeling aspects of XML schemas.In this paper, we...
Modelling Strategic Actor Relationships to Support Intellectual Property Management
In today’s increasingly knowledge-intensive economy, patents and other forms of intellectual property mechanisms are widely used to protect inventions,...
Web Site Evaluation: Methodology and Case Study
This paper presents a methodology for the assessment of Web site quality with a particular emphasis public sector Web...
Automatic Web Information Extraction in the RoadRunner System
This paper presents Road Runner, a research project that aims at developing solutions for automatically extracting data from large...
Querying Relational Databases without Explicit Joins
Despite its benefits and wide-spread acceptance, SQL is not a perfect query language. Although graphical tools for query...
NF-SS: A Normal Form for Semistructured Schema
Semistructured data is becoming increasingly important for web applications with the development of XML and related technologies. Designing a...
A Formal Analysis of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) directories are being widely used on the Web, for white pages information, user profiles,...





